Oar for row-boats



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J BERRON OAR FOR ROW BOATS.

No. 562,369. Patented Ju ne 23, 1896.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BERRON, OF JAGKMANTOWVN, MAINE.

OAR FOR ROW-BOATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,369, dated June 23,1896.

Application filed March '7, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn BERRON, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,residing at J ackmantown, in the county of Somerset and State of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oars for Row-Boats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact-description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to oars for row-boats; and it consists in thenovel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, whereby the car may be operated by a person facingthe bow of the boat.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of Fig. 2 is a section taken onthe line 00 min Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view with the oar removed.

A is a portion of the side of a boat, and A are brackets secured to theside ofthe boat and provided with adjusting-bolts a. One side I) of eachof the brackets is connected to the portionb, which bears against theinside of the boat, by a pivot-pin B, and the brackets have concaverecesses 13 at their upper parts.

0 are balls mounted in the recesses B and provided with pins 0, engagingwith slots 0 in the upper parts of the said brackets. The

shape of the balls and the slots permits the balls to be moved about toadapt the device for use on boats of different. size and shape.

D is the lower part of a frame provided with pivots d, which arejournaled in bearings formed in the balls 0, and the balls 0 areadjusted so that the said bearings are in $erial No. 582,183. (Nomodel.)

alinement before being clamped in position by the adjusting-bolts.

D is the upper part of the frame which is secured to the lower part bybolts 01.

E and E are two toothed segments jour-.

naled, respectively, on the pins e and e, which are carried by the saidframe.

The toothed segments gear into each other, and each segment is providedwith a similar socketf.

A handle F fits into the socket on segment E, and an oar Gis secured inthe similar socket of the segment E. I

The oar is manipulated in the usual manner, but the person using itfaces the direction of the progress of the boat. The oar is raised outof the water by depressing the handle and turning the frame upon itspivots.

What I claim is- The combination, with brackets secured to the side of aboat, each said bracket having concave recesses and slots at its upperpart, a pivoted joint at its side, and an adjustingbolt; of ballsarranged in the said recesses and provided with pins engaging with thesaid slots, a frame provided with pivots journaled in the said balls,two intergearing toothed segments carried by the said frame, a handlesecured to one segment, and an oar secured to the other segment,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BERVRON.

